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hhwˀ pron. that one (m.)
that one (m.)
Common Aramaic
Naveh 70.15↗ ההו‏ ; PTNed 41.c:32[2]↗ עם ההוא אנא בעי מיתי מידון‏ ; CPA Matt27:8↗ ܠܟܢ ܐ݁ܬܩܪ‍[‍ܝ‍]‍ ܛܘܪܐ ܗ݀ܘ ܚܩܠ ܐܕܡܐ ܥܕ ܡܛܝ ܠܝܘܡ‍[‍ܕܢ‏ : therefore that mountain was called the field of blood [i.e., Akeldama] until today ; IshIsa 17:13↗ ܘܐܦ ܒܣܡ ܒܪܫܐ ܡܩܒܠ ܐܝܟ ܗ݀ܘ‏ : he will also receive punishment like that one ; BT BQ 67a(23)↗ ההוא מיבעי לי למעוטי גזל‏ : I need that one to exclude robbery ; ATS 2.7:2573↗ bšuma ḏhahu gabra qadmaia : in the name of that first man ; GY 68:9↗ luatẖ ḏhahu abuk mara ḏrabuta : toward that father of yours, the lord of greatness ; TgProv25:20↗ היך הוו דראמי חלא על יתרא‏ : [= Peshitta ܐܝܟ ܗܿܘ ܗܼܘ ] ; TgProv28:23↗ נשכח טב מן הוו דמפליג בלישן‏ : [MT יִמְצָא מִמַּחֲלִיק לָשׁוֹן]
(1)
ההוא גברא : that man = polite reference to a 2nd person
Gal, JBA
BR 08:3(2)↗ תפח רוחיה דההוא גברא‏ ; BT Git 68b(21)↗ מכדי כי מיית ההוא גברא‏ : just as soon as you die
(2)
(of the speaker himself)
Gal, JBA
PTŠab 8.d:10[2]↗ ומה ההוא גברא "אנא" יכיל עביד‏ : so what can that man (var.: I) do? ; BT Git 57a(19)↗ אי ניחא קמך לא תמסרי׳ לההוא גברא לדידיה ולמלכותיה בידא דחד גברא‏ : if it pleases You do not deliver that man, his, or his kingdom into the hand of a certain man
(3)
a certain
JBA, JBAg
BT Ber 56a(54)↗ הוה ההוא גברא דהוה מפק{{י}}ד עילוי{{י}} גיזא דמלכא‏ : there was a certain man who had been appointed over the royal treasury
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In Syriac and CPA (and occasionally LJLA) simply hāw, normally distinguished in Syriac from the consonantally homographic pronoun for "he" with a supra-linear dot.
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For Syriac, CPA and LJLA see s.v. hw pron.. See also note s.v. hhyˀ pron.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 333[172]DJPA: 159aDJBA: 368aDrower/Macuch: 116bPayne-Smith ~: 959Levy Ch-W: 1:195DCPA[Schulthess]: 96[49]

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